In the past 20 years, impressive progress has been made both experimentally and
theoretically in superconducting quantum circuits, which provide a platform for manipulating …

Photonic nanostructures provide a means of tailoring the interaction between light and
matter and the past decade has witnessed tremendous experimental and theoretical …

The generation, manipulation, storage, and detection of single photons play a central role in
emerging photonic quantum information technology. Individual photons serve as flying …

This Colloquium describes a new paradigm for creating strong quantum interactions of light
and matter by way of single atoms and photons in nanoscopic lattices. Beyond the …

A central goal within quantum optics is to realize efficient, controlled interactions between
photons and atomic media. A fundamental limit in nearly all applications based on such …

A quantum emitter efficiently coupled to a nanophotonic waveguide constitutes a promising
system for the realization of single-photon transistors, quantum-logic gates based on giant …

Single-quantum emitters are an important resource for photonic quantum technologies,
constituting building blocks for single-photon sources, stationary qubits, and deterministic …

Recently, strongly modulated photonic crystals, fabricated by the state-of-the-art
semiconductor nanofabrication process, have realized various novel optical properties. This …

The recent progress in integrated quantum optics has set the stage for the development of
an integrated platform for quantum information processing with photons, with potential …

A major challenge in quantum optics and quantum information technology is to enhance the
interaction between single photons and single quantum emitters. This requires highly …